Spring and shock absorber



May 5, 1925.

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SPRING AND SHOCK ABSORBER Filed March 51, 1922 2 Sheets-Sheet l l NVENTORS ATTORN EY May 5,11 925.

S.' FIORONI ET AL SPRING AND SHOCK ABSORBER Filed March 3l 1922 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 WITNESS:

INVENTCRS ATTORNEY vation, showing thefmounting of the re- ESl PATENT oFjFl CE.

` STEVEJFIQRO'NIJAND ANTHONY ZANINELLI, OF AVELLA, PENNSYLVANIA. l

` SPRING `AND SHOCK I AissoRiaER.

Application filed' March 31,1922. Serial No.548,457.

To all whom, t may conoem:

Be` itr known that we, `S'rnvn FIonoNr `and ANTHONYZANINELLI, citizens of the United States, residing atAvella, in the county of Washington and Statefof Pennsylvania, have invented new and useful Improvements in Spring and Shock Absorbers, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relatesfto a vehicle spring and shook absorber, and the object is to provide an improved construction, by the use of which the principal springs are relieved of excessive strainand thereforerendered more durable, and'at the same time a greater degree of comfort in riding maybe realized.

A further object is to employ in connection with a leaf spring, anadditional resilient kelement inthe form of a single longitudinally extending element, which in one" form of thevconstruction constitutes, in a sense, the chord y of the arch formed by the .-leaf spring, and to provide in connection `with said construction adjustable resilientl devlces for varyingthe degree of vcompres-y Sion.

view, the invention consists in the novel construction and arrangement of elements described and claimed, f it beingunderstood i that modifications may be made within the scope of the claim, without departing from vthe spirit of invention.'

In vthe drawings, Figure* 1 shows the spring and shock'absorber in elevation, the main leaf spring extending transversely just above the axle; vFigure, 2 isa plan. lView of the resilientieleinent 13 ofy Figure 1; Figure 3 illustrates,lin elevation, aform in Awhich the leaf spring extendstransversely `below` the axle; -Figures'4 and 5 are views lin ele- 5; Figure 7 shows one of the tying devices tobe employed in thefmanner illustrated in yIn that form of the device to be employed wherethe leaf springextends transversely of the front axle, the latter isdesignated 10, theleaf spring is shown at'12, and an addi With the foregoingand other objects in springs and spring 13, and relieves excessive strain in a direction perpendicular to the axle. i U -shaped clamps 23 and 24 engage the upturned ends 25 and 26 of spring 13, and pass around leaf spring 12 and through a plate 27,

the legs of these clamps being encircled by coiled springs28' and 29. These springs last namedare adjustable by means of threaded elements 30.`

In mounting the leaf spring 31 below axle 32, kas shown in" Figure 3, the additional spring 34 passes over kthe top .of the axle, and the otherparts are in the same relative position with reference to these two springs.

In Figure 4, the leaf spring 37, secured at 36, extends longitudinally of the axle 38, mounting devices of the usual construction being shown at 39 and 40.4 The additional spring 41 constitutes a chord of arch formed by spring'37, and in this case the U-shaped clips 38 and 39 are to be mounted at about the angle shown. They pass around springs 37 and 41, and the spacing device is shown at 42 the central` compression spring being designated 44. Adjusting springs 45 and 4G yserve the purpose previously indicated.

ating on the sameA principle, but the rear leaf spring 50 presents on each side of theV central portion thereof a 'compound curve, ltheadfditional or shock absorbing spring 51 beingsimilarly curved. A central compres sion spring 52 is mounted as before, and adjustable coiled springs are shown at 53 and 54, at each ,end of the spring 51.

Having thus described the invention what is claimed is :y

' The combination with a leaf spring, of a spring extending longitudinally of the leaf spring, a coiled spring between the middle portions of the first and second named springs, tying devices connected with the. second named spring and extending around the spring iirst named, and means connected.

with the ends of the tying devices and spacing theln with reference to each other und equally with reference to the three springs specilied, U shaped devices connected-with the ends of the second nznned spring and passing around the leaf spring near its ends, coiled Springs on the legs of euch U shaped rasees/i device, projecting outwardly at un abrupt angle from the leaf spring, und plaoedvunder compression by the flexing, under compression, ,of the rst and seeond nzu'ned springs.

n testimony whereof we affix our signutures.

STEVE FIORONI. ANTHONY ZANINELM. 

